PBP PIC32 series support?

[foss]

Microchip recently introduced the PIC32 series. It is designed to be used with a compiler. All of the existing C compilers are very expensive, some well over $1000.

Is Melab's PBP going to support these chips in the future, possibly a newer version, re PBP+ ?

I am already using PBP. It would be nice to leverage existing knowledge and resources.

Thank you,
Jeff

PS. Would this question best be directed to Melab's support?

[skimask]

This has been discussed a bit here and there...
Do a search on PIC32...
Read the dsPICs thread and the thread towards the bottom about 16-bit support.
Suffice to say, it's not just a matter of adding another include file and some more macro's.
Not an easy task at all...

[foss]

Microchip leveraged Gnu C for their compiler. The sources are available under the Gnu license. However, they didn't release the support system such as their libraries. I knew it would be difficult. I was just wondering if it was somewhere in the pipeline.

Thank you,
Jeff